Monday, January 13, 2014

Delhi and Taj Mahal New Year's visit


Taj Mahal and Delhi moments

Sunset Jan. 1 & Sunrise Jan. 2, 2014

Our semester in India begins at the Taj Mahal on New Year's Day. Noah and I were here on our honeymoon 15 years ago and it is a gift to come back and share this with our children. They saw the stunning marble and jewel work on the outside - and on the inside of the domed mausoleum, the tombs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Adam and Claudia also saw the intense poverty in Agra, the city that is home to the Taj. Every day in India we witness the juxtaposition of abundance and deprivation. Powerful, painful, colorful, and hopeful.


Yogi Claudia's Bridge Pose at the Taj


Driving into city of Agra - this is what surrounds the Taj Mahal

Snake charmer with Boa in Agra




family in auto rickshaw

Outside a Delhi fruit, vegetable and meat market surrounded by slums, this boy has trained his monkey to do tricks for tips







This girl was tapping on our car windows begging for money - we gave her food
Taj mosque sunset Jan. 1, 2014
Sunrise Jan. 2, 2014
Claudia does yoga at sunrise at Taj

DELHI STREET scenes - man carries refrigerator on his bike


Delhi workers

Sunset Jan. 1, 2014

Taj tourists

Taj lovers
Adam narrates Taj video